Ben Dodson, once a loyal Gowalla user and 3rd party Gowalla App Developer — he created Wallabee (formerly GowallaTools), and Highlights — says goodbye to Gowalla.
In his goodbye he talks about his developer love-hate relationship with Gowalla, highlights some of the points where Gowalla has failed over the years, and points out some points that have gone wrong with the release Gowalla 4
Above that he also notes some extras that could’ve been done with the whole stories aspect (about which I’ve jotted down my own ideas), to make the feature even more genius than it already was.